The association between teenage motherhood and poor offspring outcomes: A national cohort study across 30 years

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 679-689

  Coyne, Claire A ^a   Långström, Niklas ^b   Lichtenstein, Paul ^b   D'Onofrio, Brian M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

academic achievement; academic attainment; criminal behavior; substance use; teenage childbearing; teenage motherhood

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MOTHER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SOCIAL CHANGE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CRIME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84877987656     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2013.23     Document Type: Article

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